Naturalized athletes of China

The Naturalized athletes of China are those naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the People's Republic of China national teams in the Olympic sports.

Alex Hua Tian, the first ever naturalized Olympic athlete of China, played Equestrian - Eventing at 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

The rules
Main article: Chinese nationality law
  • Article 3
    • "The People's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national."
  • Article 4
    • "Any person born in China whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality."
  • Article 5
    • "Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality."
  • Article 7
    • "Foreign nationals or stateless persons who are willing to abide by China's Constitution and laws and who meet one of the following conditions may be naturalized upon approval of their applications:
      • (1) "they are near relatives of Chinese nationals;
      • (2) "they have settled in China; or
      • (3) "they have other legitimate reasons."[1]

The list
SportCountry of originOrigin nameChinese nameGenderBornNaturalizedReasons
Summer sports
Equestrian Britain Alex Hua Tian 华天 (Hua Tian) M 1989 2006 Born in the UK to a Chinese father and a British mother.[2]
Football Brazil Elkeson 艾克森 (Ai Kesen) M 1989 2019 Settled in China for a long time.[3]
Britain Nico Yennaris 李可 (Li Ke) M 1993 2019 Born in the UK to a mother of Chinese origin and a Cypriot father.[4]
Winter sports
Figure skating United States Ashley Lin 林姗 (Lin Shan) F 2003 2019 Born in the USA to Chinese parents with U.S. citizenship.[5]
United States Beverly Zhu 朱易 (Zhu Yi) F 2002 2018 Born in the US to Chinese parents with U.S. citizenship.[6]
Freestyle skiing United States Eileen Gu 谷爱凌 (Gu Ailing) F 2003 2019 Born in the US to a Chinese mother and an American father.[7]

See also

References
  1. "中华人民共和国国籍法(附英文)". chinatranslation.net. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. Williams, Ollie (23 August 2014). "World Equestrian Games: China's 'one in a billion' rider Hua Tian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. "Brazil-born Elkeson included in China squad in landmark move". CNA. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. "李可或在春节期间随母返回广东 进行认祖归宗仪式" (in Chinese). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. "Naturalized Lin eyes Olympic glory". China Daily. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. "中国花滑归化第一人首秀确定 有望参加北京冬奥会". Sina. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. "中国滑雪归化选手 15岁美籍华裔天才少女转为中国国籍". china.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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